Chapter 792: Dark Forest
Dark Forest
"That's basically what happened. The Alienated Body over there has already self-destructed. We don't have much time left."
Beside another secret realm gate, Lin Ye controlled the Parasitism Network while explaining to Eura why everyone was hunting her down.
This world was extremely unfriendly to Lin Ye. The purple energy suppressed the expansion speed of the Parasitism Network. The kingdom's people were everywhere, and now the entire kingdom was cleansing the network.
If his true body were here, Lin Ye could still struggle with various relics and tools, but the Dinosaur Body was still too weak.
The kingdom's upper limit was extremely high. Those witches were at least Controllers, and the witch leader was an existence beyond Controllers.
Even more troublesome was the king Lin Ye hadn't seen yet—an entity who had been controlling this high-energy world for a long time.
Putting himself in that position, if Lin Ye had been given this world to develop for a thousand years, he didn't know how strong he could become.
If his true body were here, Lin Ye could still struggle with various relics and items, but the Dinosaur Body was still too weak.
Eura made an indescribable expression.
"No. If you choose to enter the secret realm and hold out until Doomsday itself, then you'll be the Witch of Destruction. If you don't want to destroy the world, you can wait here for them to come and kill you. In that case, you'd just be another sacrificial offering framed as the Witch of Destruction."
Lin Ye would give Eura a choice: destroy the world or accept fate. That was the question.
When the entire world believes you're the Witch of Destruction, you'd better actually be able to destroy the world.
"Then what are we waiting for? You're thinking I'm too kind."
Eura didn't hesitate for a second as she stepped through the secret realm gate. She didn't even want to spend one more second outside chatting with Lin Ye.
"Alright then. Happy Doomsday."
Leaving that final blessing for this world, Lin Ye followed her into the secret realm gate.
A few minutes later, the witch leader appeared beside the gate. She arrived quickly, but she was still too late.
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Lin Ye looked around. After entering the secret realm, he had turned back into an ordinary human. Little Guardian and Eura stood less than a meter away from him.
Surrounding them was a dense, impenetrable dark forest. The ground was covered everywhere with thick, long black tree roots.
The interior of the forest was extremely dim, with only faint light filtering down from above.
'What kind of damn place is this now?'
Lin Ye didn't move recklessly. He carefully observed the environment. Everywhere were trees he had never seen before, and their shapes were a bit strange.
"Which way should we go?"
Eura lowered her voice and asked.
"I don't know either."
There were no clear paths here. Lin Ye could only start gathering information about this forest and try to find a way out.
"...Going that way might be better, but I'm not sure either."
Little Guardian hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"That way? I was about to go in the completely opposite direction."
Lin Ye looked at the direction Little Guardian had pointed out. It was the total opposite of where he wanted to go.
"...That's a bit strange."
Neither Little Guardian nor Lin Ye thought this was a coincidence, so they both turned to look at Eura at the same time.
"Uh, I want to go that way too."
Eura pointed in a direction that was somewhat close to Lin Ye's.
"So should we split up?"
Little Guardian felt there might be some kind of pattern here.
"No, that's too dangerous. Let's go to your direction first."
Little Guardian was the mental defense system. Lin Ye figured the direction she chose would be more reliable.
At least more reliable than the Witch of Destruction and the phantom beast deity.
"Then I'll lead the way."
Little Guardian moved toward the direction she wanted to go. Lin Ye and Eura followed behind her.
After about ten minutes of walking, they discovered a concrete road ahead.
The road was already badly dilapidated. The surface was crawling with all kinds of plant roots, like bulging, thick, long blood vessels.
Following the road further, they found two rows of apartment buildings nearly thirty meters tall on one side.
Inside the apartment buildings, a large number of different plant species had grown. Some tall trees had already merged with the buildings, becoming part of the structures.
"...Should we go in and take a look?"
Little Guardian stopped. She wasn't sure if it was safe here.
"We can go in and gather some supplies. I'm a bit hungry."
Lin Ye was really fed up with the Gluttony debuff. He felt like if he didn't eat something soon, he would starve to death.
The three of them approached the apartment building. Lin Ye walked at the front. As soon as he reached the bottom floor, he spotted a naturally grown patch of wild vegetables.
Lin Ye didn't know much about wild vegetables. In this kind of environment, eating them wasn't a great idea, but considering his Gluttony skill, he still grabbed a handful and shoved them into his mouth.
The wild vegetables tasted pretty mediocre. They had a bitter flavor that Lin Ye absolutely hated, but the Gluttony skill was reliable enough and quickly digested them.
"Are they good?"
Eura asked curiously.
"Extremely bad."
Lin Ye grabbed another handful of wild vegetables and stuffed them into his mouth before approaching the building entrance.
Some vines hung like curtains, blocking the entrance. Lin Ye tore through the thick vines and squeezed inside the building.
The first floor had two rows of residential units. The doors to these units were basically all wrecked, and the walls had huge cracks.
"Should we go up?"
Eura felt like this apartment building could collapse at any moment.
"We need to find some backup supplies. After all, there's still some time before Doomsday. You'd better not eat those wild vegetables."
While eating the wild vegetables, Lin Ye occasionally felt stomach discomfort.
Lin Ye opened the nearest door, and the three of them began exploring the room. It was only about fifty square meters, so they quickly searched the entire space.
"I found some food, but unfortunately it's all moldy."
Little Guardian tossed a bag of sticky, green bread onto the floor.
"Same here. But this kitchen knife should still be usable."
Eura handed the kitchen knife she had found to Lin Ye.
Lin Ye closed the refrigerator door. The state inside was simply appalling.
"Can we really find food here?"
Eura rubbed her stomach. She was starting to feel hungry too.
"Not necessarily, but it's more reliable than looking for food in the forest."
Lin Ye had finally discovered the advantage of the Gluttony skill—he could fill his stomach with wild vegetables.
The three of them continued exploring the entire building. Lin Ye shoved anything that looked edible into his mouth.
He was the only one who could eat the food here and not have any issues.
An hour later, Lin Ye pushed open the rooftop door.
All they had found in the apartment building was a metal handcart and a few barely usable tools. There was nothing here that a normal person could eat. Even the unopened bottled water had been contaminated, turning into a murky, dark green liquid.